User talk:J04n/Archive 2011

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Welcome to the 2011 WikiCup!

Hello, happy new year and welcome to the 2011 WikiCup! Your submissions' page can be found here and instructions of how to update the page can be found here and on the submissions' page itself. From the submissions' page, a bot will update the main scoresheet. Our rules have been very slightly updated from last year; the full rules can be found here. Please remember that you can only receive points for content on which you have done significant work in 2011; nominations of work from last year and "drive-by" nominations will not be awarded points. Signups are going to remain open through January, so if you know of anyone who would like to take part, please direct them to Wikipedia:WikiCup/2011 signups. The judges can be contacted on the WikiCup talk page, on their respective talk pages, or by email. Other than that, we will be in contact at the end of every month with the newsletter. If you want to stop or start receiving newsletters, please remove your name from or add your name to this list. Good luck! J Milburn and The ed17 12:57, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Article

Hello! Your submission of Chuck McCoy (Canadian radio) at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Mkativerata (talk) 23:09, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Dove si vola.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Dove si vola.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Courcelles 03:35, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Chuck McCoy (Canadian radio)

On 8 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chuck McCoy (Canadian radio), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Chuck McCoy was inducted into the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame and received a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:02, 8 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Red (Communards album)

On 13 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Red (Communards album), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the song "For a Friend" from The Communards' album Red was written in memory of Mark Aston, a friend of the band members, who died from AIDS? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program is looking for new Online Ambassadors

Hi! I noticed your activity as a Good Article reviewer, and wanted to let you know about the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, and specifically the role of Online Ambassador. We're looking for friendly Wikipedians who are good at reviewing articles and giving feedback to serve as mentors for students who are assigned to write for Wikipedia in their classes.

If you're interested, I encourage you to take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines; the "mentorship process" describes roughly what will be expected of mentors in the coming term. If that's something you want to do, please apply!

You can find instructions for applying at WP:ONLINE. The main things we're looking for in Online Ambassadors are friendliness, regular activity (since mentorship is a commitment that spans several months), and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones).

I hope to hear from you soon.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 20:27, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for On My Way to Absence

On 21 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article On My Way to Absence, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Eric Bachmann from Crooked Fingers provided backing vocals on the song "Simple Hello" from the Damien Jurado album On My Way to Absence? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:02, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors

I saw the quality of your contributions at DYK and clicked on over to your user page and was pretty impressed. Would you be interested in helping with the WP:Online_Ambassadors program? It's really a great opportunity to help university students become Wikipedia contributers. I hope you apply to become an ambassador, Sadads (talk) 00:09, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Ōkami soundtrack.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Ōkami soundtrack.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Courcelles 13:45, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Flys (1970s band)

On 23 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Flys (1970s band), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Flys have played on the same bill as the Buzzcocks, The Psychedelic Furs, the Pretenders, and Black Slate? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:03, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

Fred Gregory

Hi there, thanks for your DYK review at T:TDYK#Fred Gregory. Sorry to be a pain, but I was wondering if you would consider the second ALT that I have just added? I didn't initially think that I'd have enough time with the sources to write Val Gregory, but now that I have it seems logical to make it a multi-article nom. Regards, —W F C— 13:50, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Stone Jam

On 29 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Stone Jam, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Stone Jam was Slave's second album to be certified Gold and was named by Jam-Master Jay of Run–D.M.C. as one of his favorite albums? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 12:03, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Girlschool

I'm sorry for you having to stop your review of the Girlschool article for my frequent changes. I realized after your first intervention that many parts of the article were poorly sourced and I tried to remedy that. There are probably some more details to be ironed out, but I think that the article is better now. I leave it to your review and I will put hand to it when you are finished. Thank you. Lewismaster (talk) 21:05, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Yes, I'll check it out when you finish your review. Lewismaster (talk) 21:24, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

I copyedited and added as many references as I could to the Girlschool article . Please, go on with your review now and let me know if my modifications respond to your remarks. Lewismaster (talk) 22:39, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 January newsletter

We are half way through round one of the WikiCup. Signups are now closed, and we have 129 listed competitors, 64 of whom will make it to round two. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions), who, at the time of writing, has a comfortable lead with 228 points, followed by Hurricanehink (submissions), with 144 points. Four others have over 100 points. Congratulations also go to Yellow Evan (submissions), who scored the first points in the competition, claiming for Talk:Hurricane King/GA1, Miyagawa (submissions), who scored the first non-review points in the competition, claiming for Dognapping, and Jarry1250 (submissions) who was the first in the competition to use our new "multiplier" mechanic (explanation), claiming for Grigory Potemkin, a subject covered on numerous Wikipedias. Thanks must also go to Jarry1250 for dealing with all bot work- without you, the competition wouldn't be happening!

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round two is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 22:35, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Great White Wonder

On 1 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Great White Wonder, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that The Great White Wonder was named the best album of 1991 that 'You Didn't Hear' by Spin? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 06:05, 1 February 2011 (UTC)

February Disambig challenge

Greetings, J04n. It's been a while since your name has lit up the leaderboard at the Wikipedia:Disambiguation pages with links/Disambiguator Hall of Fame. I've challenged my fellow disambiguators to help knock out more than a thousand disambig links a day for the month of February, and every bit helps. I see you're working mostly on BLP issues now, but if you see any disambig links as you go, please knock them out (and if you can make your way over to DPL this month, there are also some easy pickings there). Cheers! bd2412 T 03:30, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Fereshta Samah

Fereshta Samah · ( talk | logs | links | watch | afd | afd2 ) · [revisions]

I recently closed the AFD on this article as "no consensus" due to lack of participation per WP:RELIST. Can you explain why you reverted my removal of the AFD tag and why you used the rollback tool which is only for vandalism?. The proper thing to do is to renominate the article for deletion. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:49, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Strange Liberation

On 2 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Strange Liberation, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dave Douglas got the name for his album Strange Liberation from a phrase used by Martin Luther King, Jr. in reference to America's involvement in the Vietnam War? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:04, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Cheers!

I found a reference for "My Bag", but I think it's only 50% accurate: Shea, Stuart (2002). Rock and Roll's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Lame Lyrics, Eregious Egos, and Other Oddities. Dulles, Virginia: Brassey's, Inc. p. 258. ISBN 1574884778, 9781574884777. Retrieved 5 February 2011. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help) -Location (talk) 06:27, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

FYI: I inserted a source for the song that appears to be, IMO, more accurate. There is also a "Music Week" article posted on his website that I like better which references "cocaine addiction". Location (talk) 18:51, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

It's a little tough to decipher, but here is a bit on "29" and here is a bit on "Big Snake". -Location (talk) 19:22, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night

On 7 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the album Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night by the choral group Conspirare was nominated for two Grammy Awards? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your new article Victuallers (talk) 12:04, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Conspirare

On 7 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Conspirare, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the album Tarik O'Regan: Threshold of Night by the choral group Conspirare was nominated for two Grammy Awards? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thank you for your new article Victuallers (talk) 12:05, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

Medical Education Ontology

Hi, I noticed you edited the TIME-ITEM medical ontology. I would like to use this ontology in my research... any ideas how I can get a copy of the ontology? I'm not sure what your role is. Thanks!

-Chris T. electro.thompson at__ gmail.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.63.246.249 (talk) 21:00, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I made a very small housekeeping edit to that page >1 year ago, I know nothing about it. J04n(talk page) 21:54, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Mainstream (Lloyd Cole album)

On 12 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Mainstream (Lloyd Cole album), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the song "Mr. Malcontent" on the Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album Mainstream is based on the character played by Daniel Day-Lewis in My Beautiful Laundrette? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 06:02, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Francisco "O Baby" Rosario

I used Football Manager 2011 for the first edits, but then realised there were more additions that could be done to the article, like writing down his position at F.C.Porto de Macao.

Here's my source for the second edit: http://www.estadiodragao.com/2009/03/

"O treinador, que divide o estatuto de técnico dos dragões com o papel de jogador do Hoi Fan" is translated to "The manager, who shares his status of manager of the Dragons [FC Porto de Macao] with the role of Hoi Fan player. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.84.11.99 (talk) 19:17, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Dani Siciliano

On 15 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dani Siciliano, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dani Siciliano wanted her cover of Nirvana's "Come as You Are", from her album Likes..., to have the feel of a jazz standard? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Likes...

On 15 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Likes..., which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Dani Siciliano wanted her cover of Nirvana's "Come as You Are", from her album Likes..., to have the feel of a jazz standard? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Re: User_talk:Peaceray#Removing prods

Mahalo! I have bookmarked [[Template:Old prod full]] for future use on talk pages after removing a prod. Peaceray (talk) 06:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Kickstart My Heart.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Kickstart My Heart.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude2 (talk) 04:26, 18 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Slon (album)

On 21 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Slon (album), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the track "Palermo" from the Chicago Underground Trio's album Slon contains recorded sounds from a Sicilian fish market? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 12:04, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Welcome to the Wikipedia Ambassador Program

Hi John!

Congratulations! Your application to join the Wikipedia Ambassador Program as an Online Ambassador has been accepted.

First off, I apologize for the following info-dump. If you're wondering how to get started or are wondering what's going on, please contact me.

If you haven't already done so, take a look at the Online Ambassador guidelines: Wikipedia:Online_Ambassadors/Guidelines

The "mentorship process" section lays out approximately what will be expected of you as a mentor. If you'd like, you can also volunteer to be the coordinating online ambassador for a class or two.

Please add yourself to the top of the list of available mentors, and note the number of students you think you'd like to mentor next term (it doesn't have to be a final answer, this is just to help with matching students and mentors once the students start getting active) and if you'd like to take on the coordination role for any classes note that as well: Wikipedia:Online_Ambassadors/Mentors (Don't add yourself to the lower "Additional online ambassadors section; that's for ambassadors-in-training and ambassadors who are already mentoring all the the students they want to take on.)

To coordinate between Online Ambassadors and Campus Ambassadors, we've been using a Google Group as a mailing list. It's not required, but almost all the ambassadors are on it. Would you like me to subscribe you? Email me with your email address if so.

You can catch with what's been going on so far with the first major message this term, with details about what the group should and shouldn't be used for: Wikipedia_talk:Ambassadors#Information_for_Ambassadors_about_January_-_May_2011_term

You can also check out the first two ambassador newsletters, which have more detail about what's going on right now. You'll get future editions delivered to your talk page.

If you use IRC, please consider adding #wikipedia-en-ambassadors and #wikipedia-en-classroom to your channel lineup.

Finally, please help us find more mentors! Because the number of students, and their involvement with mentors, is increasing so much for this term, we're going to need a lot of solid Online Ambassadors. Please take a few minutes to think of several other editors you know who would make good mentors, and invite them to apply the the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. The key things we look for are: regular activity (so that we can be confident they'll keep up with their mentoring role for the whole term), friendliness, and the ability to give detailed, substantive feedback on articles (both short new articles, and longer, more mature ones). You can point them to Wikipedia:Online Ambassadors for information on how to apply and what to expect.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:08, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

groups of students in need of mentors

Hey John. One of the classes working with the Wikipedia Ambassador Program, Jonathan Obar's Media and Telecommunication Policy, is working in small groups and would like us to assign a mentor to each group (rather than having students request the mentors they'd like, as other classes are doing).

I invite you to sign on as the mentor for one or more groups, especially if any of the topics catch your interest. To sign up, go to the course page and add yourself as "Mentor: you" in the section for that group. They students and/or professor or campus ambassadors should be cleaning things up soon to list all the usernames for each group and add a few more groups. Once you know who the students are in the group, you can leave them each a quick introduction to let them know you'll be mentoring their group.

Thanks!--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:14, 22 February 2011 (UTC)

Message from WikiProject Punk music

Announcements and news for WikiProject Punk music

Febuary 2011:

Update: There is currently a roll call going on at the project's talk page. If you are actively participating in the project please add your signature to the list. If you do not, you will be listed as inactive. Your name will be moved to the Inactive/former members section and/or the the project punk userbox will be removed from your user page.

Thanks for your help

You are receving this because your user name is listed in Category:WikiProject Punk music members or on our participants list. If you would like to stop these sorts of updates please remove the userbox from your profile and move your name down to the Inactive/former members section of the participants list.
Cheers

--Guerillero | My Talk 03:12, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 February newsletter

So begins round two of the WikiCup! We now have eight pools, each with eight random contestants. This round will continue until the end of April, when the top two of each pool, as well as the next 16 highest scorers of those remaining, will make it to round three. Congratulations to The Bushranger (submissions) (first, with 487 points) and Hurricanehink (submissions) (second, with 459), who stormed the first round. Casliber (submissions) finished third with 223. Twelve others finished with over 100 points- well done to all of you! The final standings in round one can be seen here. A mere 8 points were required to reach round two; competition will no doubt be much more fierce this round, so be ready for a challenge! A special thanks goes, again, to Jarry1250 (submissions) for dealing with all bot work. This year's bot, as well as running smoothly, is doing some very helpful things that last year's did not. Also, thanks to Stone (submissions) for some helpful behind-the-scenes updating and number crunching.

Some news for those who are interested- March will see a GAN backlog elimination drive, which you are still free to join. Organised by WikiProject Good articles, the drive aims to minimise the GAN backlog and offers prizes to those who help out. Of course, you may well be able to claim WikiCup points for the articles you review as part of the drive. Also ongoing is the Great Backlog Drive, looking to work on clearing all of the backlogs on Wikipedia; again, incentives are offered, and the spirit of friendly competition is alive, while helping the encyclopedia is the ultimate aim. Though unrelated to the WikiCup, these may well be of interest to some of you.

Just a reminder of the rules; if you have done significant work on content this year and it is promoted in this round, you may claim for it. Also, anything that was promoted after the end of round one but before the beginning of round two may be claimed for in round two. Details of the rules can be found on this page. For those interested in statistics, a running total of claims can be seen here, and a very interesting table of that information (along with the highest scorers in each category) can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:44, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson

Hello! Your submission of Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Cinosaur (talk) 15:32, 2 March 2011 (UTC)

Please be the mentor for the students working on Bandwidth allocation

Hi again, John! I'm currently trying to assign mentors to all the remaining groups in Professor Obar's class. Would you be the mentor for the group of students working on Bandwidth allocation? If you can do it, thanks! If not, please let me know.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 00:10, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassador Program

Please take a look at this project page and see if you can be a mentor to one of the many Areas of Study. If you can, please put your name in the "Online Mentor" area of the Area of Study of your choice and then contact the students you will be working with. As the Coordinating Online Ambassador for this project, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 04:17, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Check Your Area of Study

Hello, I have updated the Project Page you are mentoring on with usernames for all the students in your Area of Study. Please send them a message introducing yourself and let them know you are there to help.

As always, please let me know if I can be of assistance. Take Care...Neutralhomer • Talk • 10:12, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Maji Desu ka Ska! AfD

FYI, the article Maji Desu ka Ska! is still in place, after you closed the related AfD (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maji Desu ka Suka!). Were you planning to merge any of the content or just redirect it outright? —C.Fred (talk) 22:33, 4 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson

On 5 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Joey DeFrancesco's tribute to Michael Jackson, Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson, was nominated for a Grammy Award? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Orlady (talk) 02:02, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for The Stanley Clarke Band

On 5 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Stanley Clarke Band, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Stanley Clarke's album The Stanley Clarke Band won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 10:03, 5 March 2011 (UTC)

re: Hi

Hi J04n - my submission was marked for deletetion and you left a comment on my talkpage.

It was marked because "the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company, product, group, service or person and would need to be fundamentally rewritten in order to become an encyclopedia article".

I was wondering if you are able to give me some help in how to word my article, as my intention was to establish the meaning and use of the word, not promote a company, product, group, service or person. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Njckberry (talk • contribs) 07:56, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

DKY nom question

Hello! Your submission of A Love Supreme at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! - not sure which article you meant to nominate. Dincher (talk) 03:40, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi John

Hi John, this is Kyle. I will be working with you for our class project. What I am hoping to get out of this assignment is a better understanding of how to use Wikipedia.Kylecawley (talk) 14:22, 13 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello!

Hi John. My name is Hyung-Joo Lee. I also will be working with you for the class project. I hope that I understand more about wekipedia, so I can get better grade in this class :)Scannah (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:36, 14 March 2011 (UTC).

DYK for Now Is the Time (Jeff Lorber Fusion album)

On 15 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Now Is the Time (Jeff Lorber Fusion album), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the Grammy-nominated album Now Is the Time features the Blood, Sweat & Tears horn section on two of its tracks? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:03, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Marking articles students are working on

Howdy, Online Ambassador!

This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:

Add {{WAP assignment | term = Spring 2011 }} to the articles' talk pages. (The other parameters of the {{WAP assignment}} template are helpful, so please add them as well, but the term = Spring 2011 one is most important.)
If the article is related to United States public policy, make sure the article the WikiProject banner is on the talk page: {{WikiProject United States Public Policy}}
Add Category:Article Feedback Pilot (a hidden category) to the article itself. The second phase of the Article Feedback Tool project has started, and this time we're trying to include all of the articles students are working on. Please test out the Article Feedback Tool, as well. The new version just deployed, so any bug reports or feedback will be appreciated by the tech team working on it.

And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.

Thanks! --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:12, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK Will_Henry_Stevens

Template_talk:Did_you_know#Will_Henry_Stevens - thanks for letting me know; I'm working on it. Cheers, Chzz ► 01:16, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Please check back - I added a ref for "egg", and hope it is OK. Thanks, Chzz ► 14:38, 19 March 2011 (UTC)

Re. "fly in the ointment" - no, no problem; I do understand. I thought it'd be OK; the thing is...this person is most well-known for being a painter who often used more unusual materials; that's why I wanted to get in that info. I'm not quite convinced it is synthesis, because he stated he used egg, and egg is an emulsion. But I can see the point. I will think about it. Again, maybe, the author will respond. If not, I'll find some other ref, or some alternate tag. I'll let you know within days. Thanks again, Chzz ► 01:49, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi. The creator of the article has come back to us, and posted on the nom page - which is great; unfortunately, it doesn't quite clear things up. But, please check back there - I really don't mind what tag-line we use, so if you can think of any variation that is acceptable, I'd be fine with that. Thanks, Chzz ► 20:24, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

Professor Obar Concerns

Got a message about an hour ago from Professor Obar of the Media and Telecommunication Policy project and I think it is viewed best in full:

Can you please communicate to the online mentors that I DO NOT want them moving student material into the main space for them. This is a big problem. I have noticed that this has happened with a number of the projects already, for example, in the broadband.gov article and the media cross-ownership article. We need the students to be doing this on their own, of course so they can learn how to do it, and also so that I can grade what they've done. How am I supposed to follow student submissions if the data is associated with online mentors? A BIG PROBLEM ALREADY... please help me with this. None of you responded to my post about this on the discussion page. This is about to get out of hand. Jaobar (talk) 05:27, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

With that, of course, please only give instructions on how to move, don't do it for them. Please only let them know what to do and let them do it themselves. If they run into problems, provide further instructions. Do not it for them. This seems to be making a mess of Prof. Obar's grading system and I would like to avoid that. Thanks. - Neutralhomer • Talk • Coor. Online Amb'dor • 06:09, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

west virginia?

[1] Savidan 15:40, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for To the One

On 21 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article To the One, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that John McLaughlin's Grammy nominated album To the One was inspired by John Coltrane's album A Love Supreme? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:04, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 21 March 2011

The newsletter of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program – Volume 3, 21 March 2011

This is the third issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed.

Where the courses are - A brief summary of how each of the 31 Public Policy Initiative courses are faring so far in the Spring 2011 term, as of 9-11 March. Feel free to add more detail.
Tracking students' articles - Make sure students' articles are tagged with {{WAP assignment}} on the talk pages, and have the newly improved Article Feedback Tool active.
Education portal in progress - Wikimedia staff have started work on an outreach portal for information about teaching with and about Wikipedia. Please help develop it!
Online Ambassadors logistics - If you don't have a Wikipedia Ambassador sweatshirt, now's your chance to get one! (Also, some other more mundane, but important, details.)
Steering committee preparing proposals - Look for discussions about two major proposals about the future ambassador program soon: the "Regional Ambassador" role, and elections for a new committee.
Editing Friday returns - This Friday, join fellow ambassadors and others real-time collaboration on Wainwright Building.

Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 22:23, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

If I may ask...

I replied . You can always ask anything :p Whether I will reply or not is another matter :-) But on this occasion, I did. User talk:Chzz#If I may ask... Best, Chzz ► 13:41, 22 March 2011 (UTC)

Khalismatic

Hi J04n,

I'm an MSU student and my group is responsible for the Bandwidth Allocation page. I was wondering why my talk page didn't receive the same treatment as the other members of my group? Khalismatic (talk) 23:11, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Renton Nicholson DYK

Hi J04n,

I just added a bit more to Renton Nicholson, I think that it is technically a 5x expansion now. Could you take another look at it? Thanks, Qrsdogg (talk) 19:48, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! Qrsdogg (talk) 20:29, 23 March 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Stanley Clarke Band

The article The Stanley Clarke Band you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:The Stanley Clarke Band for things which need to be addressed. SMasters (talk) 08:48, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of The Stanley Clarke Band

The article The Stanley Clarke Band you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:The Stanley Clarke Band for eventual comments about the article. Well done! SMasters (talk) 03:26, 25 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Backatown

On 26 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Backatown, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Lenny Kravitz was a guest musician on Backatown, the major label debut by his former apprentice Trombone Shorty? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:04, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Moody 4B

On 27 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Moody 4B, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that James Moody (pictured) received his first Grammy Award for Moody 4B after he died? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 08:03, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 March newsletter

We are half way through round two of the WikiCup, which will end on 28 April. Of the 64 current contestants, 32 will make it through to the next round; the two highest in each pool, and the 16 next highest scorers. At the time of writing, our current overall leader is Hurricanehink (submissions) with 231 points, who leads Pool H. Piotrus (submissions) (Pool G) also has over 200 points, while 9 others (three of whom are in Pool D) have over 100 points. Remember that certain content (specifically, articles/portals included in at least 20 Wikipedias as of 31 December 2010 or articles which are considered "vital") is worth double points if promoted to good or featured status, or if it appears on the main page in the Did You Know column. There were some articles last round which were eligible for double points, but which were not claimed for. For more details, see Wikipedia:WikiCup/Scoring.

A running total of claims can be seen here. However, numerous competitors are yet to score at all- please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. The number of points that will be needed to reach round three is not clear- everyone needs to get their entries in now to guarantee their places! If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:59, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Chucho's Steps

On 3 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chucho's Steps, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that "Zawinul's Mambo" from the Grammy winning Chucho's Steps was dedicated to Joe Zawinul who heard a recording of it before he died? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

—HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:05, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Phantom, Rocker & Slick

On 4 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Phantom, Rocker & Slick, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Keith Richards made a guest appearance on Phantom, Rocker & Slick's debut album? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Thanks for me and the wiki Victuallers (talk) 00:03, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Angry World

On 4 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Angry World, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that after more than 40 years as a recording artist, 31 studio albums and one award as an art director, Neil Young won his first Grammy Award as a musician for "Angry World"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Hammerhead (Jeff Beck song)

On 5 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Hammerhead (Jeff Beck song), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that "Hammerhead" by Jeff Beck won the 2011 Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 16:03, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for your note

I am just getting started and appreciate the offer of help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scribe2011 (talk • contribs) 00:46, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Urbanus (album)

On 12 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Urbanus (album), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Urbanus, the Grammy nominated album by Stefon Harris, was recorded in the days leading up to Barack Obama's inauguration? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 08:02, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Undead (song).jpg

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If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of "file" pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "File" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude2 (talk) 05:41, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

25 DYK Medal

		The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Thanks for bring more than 25 new and expanded articles to the world's attention via DYK on the Main page. Your articles, primarily ones about music and musicians, are a fine addition to the encyclopedia. Congratulations! Binksternet (talk) 17:59, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Matt Skaggs

press items added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.51.196.70 (talk) 05:11, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Sounding Point

On 21 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Sounding Point, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that jazz guitarist Julian Lage recorded his Grammy-nominated debut album Sounding Point when he was only 20 years old? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:02, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter: 22 April 2011

The newsletter of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program – Volume 4, 22 April 2011

This is the fourth issue of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program Newsletter, with details about what's going on right now and where help is needed.

Voting begins for steering committee - The voting phase for the Wikipedia Ambassador Steering Committee election started this week, and will continue through 27 April.
Seeking more Regional Ambassadors in the US - We are still looking for Regional Ambassadors for the United States! The deadline has been extended to Friday, April 29th.
India pilot being organized now - Plans are currently underway for a pilot expansion of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program – in India! Hisham Mundol and other Wikimedia staff have begun recruiting Campus Ambassador candidates for Pune.
Document DYK, peer review and other milestone at the trophy case - If students you are working with (or any others you notice) are doing work that makes to DYK, is nominated for Good Article status, or is just solid content worth marking, then please help us document the students' success at the trophy case.
Ambassador program at Wikimania - We're planning a set of Wikipedia Ambassador Program presentations for Wikimania 2011, in Haifa this August.
Changes to mailing list - A new low-volume mailing list, [Ambassador-announce-l], is being created. It will be reserved for key announcements and news, which we'd like all ambassadors to be subscribed to.

Delivered by EdwardsBot (talk) 16:33, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Darren Roberts (AVN Media Network)

Hello:

It appears that you were the editor that deleted the page I created "Darren Roberts (AVN Media Network)". This was the first Wikipedia page and I am trying to figure out why it was deleted. Furthermore, I am also trying to understand how to communicate with someone during the proposed deletion process. I would like to try to get this page back up if possible, but I need to understand what I was doing wrong.

Thanks,

GrammarChic (talk) 20:56, 27 April 2011 (UTC)GrammarChic

Darren Roberts (AVN Media Network)

Hello:

It appears that you were the editor that deleted the page I created "Darren Roberts (AVN Media Network)". This was the first Wikipedia page and I am trying to figure out why it was deleted. Furthermore, I am also trying to understand how to communicate with someone during the proposed deletion process. I would like to try to get this page back up if possible, but I need to understand what I was doing wrong.

Thanks,

GrammarChic (talk) 20:56, 27 April 2011 (UTC)GrammarChic

Hi, thanks for your response. I'm sorry, I am new to all of this. Can you move the article to the userspace that you mentioned and let me try to resolve the issues to see if it can be published again?

Thanks, GrammarChic (talk) 12:17, 28 April 2011 (UTC)GrammarChic

Barnstar

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For the great work reducing the number of Unreferenced BLPs Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 12:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Regards, SunCreator ^(talk) 12:04, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 April newsletter

Round 2 of the 2011 WikiCup is over, and the new round will begin on 1 May. Note that any points scored in the interim (that is, for content promoted or reviews completed on 29-30 April) can be claimed in the next round, but please do not start updating your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. Fewer than a quarter of our original contestants remain; 32 enter round 3, and, in two months' time, only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), who led Pool F, was our round champion, with 411 points, while 7 contestants scored between 200 and 300 points. At the other end of the scale, a score of 41 was high enough to reach round 3; more than five times the score required to reach round 2, and competition will no doubt become tighter now we're approaching the later rounds. Those progressing to round 3 were spread fairly evenly across the pools; 4 progressed from each of pools A, B, E and H, while 3 progressed from both pools C and F. Pools D and G were the most successful; each had 5 contestants advancing.

This round saw our first good topic points this year; congratulations to Hurricanehink (submissions) and Nergaal (submissions) who also led pool H and pool B respectively. However, there remain content types for which no points have yet been scored; featured sounds, featured portals and featured topics. In addition to prizes for leaderboard positions, the WikiCup awards other prizes; for instance, last year, a prize was awarded to Candlewicke (submissions) (who has been eliminated) for his work on In The News. For this reason, working on more unusual content could be even more rewarding than usual!

Sorry this newsletter is going out a little earlier than expected- there is a busy weekend coming up! A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 19:22, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

75: Joe Zawinul and the Zawinul Syndicate

Great job expanding the article! I am working on a few things at the moment, but I will try to see if I can find anything else to add. Would be great to get the article to Good status. Keep up the great work! --Another Believer _(Talk) 03:23, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

You are on a roll. You might as well get all of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz albums up to GA status and create a Good Topic. That might secure your WikiCup trophy! :p --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:02, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Please help assess articles for Public Policy Initiative research

Hi J04n/Archive 2011,

Your work as an Online Ambassador is making a big contribution to Wikipedia. Right now, we're trying to measure just how much student work improves the quality of Wikipedia. If you'd like contribute to this research and get a firsthand look at the quality improvement that is happening through the project, please sign up to assess articles. Assessment is happening now, just use the quantitative metric and start assessing! Your help would be hugely appreciated!

Thank you, ARoth (Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 17:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for At World's Edge

On 11 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article At World's Edge, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Philippe Saisse's Grammy-nominated album At World's Edge was dedicated to his father Maurice? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Big Neighborhood

On 11 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Big Neighborhood, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Steve Vai plays the sitar on "Moroccan Roll", a track from Mike Stern's Grammy-nominated album Big Neighborhood? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 18:03, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

DYK for 75 (album)

On 13 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article 75 (album), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that most of 75 was recorded on Joe Zawinul's 75th birthday and about two months before he died? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 06:04, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Get on Your Knees.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Get on Your Knees.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Courcelles 04:28, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia Ambassador sweatshirt

Hi! This is the last call for signing on for a Wikipedia Ambassador hooded sweatshirt (in case you missed the earlier message in one of the program newsletters about it). If you would like one, please email me with your name, mailing address, and (US) sweatshirt size. We have a limited number left, so it will be first-come, first-served. (If more than one size would work for you, note that as well.)

Cheers, Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 19:41, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

The talk page too

Hi J04n! Don't forget Talk:Erica Morris :-) --Shirt58 (talk) 11:28, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

Please take the Wikipedia Ambassador Program survey

Hi Ambassador,

We are at a pivotal point in the development of the Wikipedia Ambassador Program. Your feedback will help shape the program and role of Ambassadors in the future. Please take this 10 minute survey to help inform and improve the Wikipedia Ambassadors.

WMF will de-identify results and make them available to you. According to KwikSurveys' privacy policy: "Data and email addresses will not be sold, rented, leased or disclosed to 3rd parties." This link takes you to the online survey: http://kwiksurveys.com?u=WPAmbassador_talk

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments, Thank You!

Amy Roth (Research Analyst, Public Policy Initiative) (talk) 20:39, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

GIRGENTI

Ciao JO4n.ho scritto la pagina Francesco Mucci,ma è da correggere,potresti darmi una mano.Ancora non scrivo bene la vostra lingua.grazie--Gir (talk) 10:47, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 May newsletter

We're half way through round 3 of the 2011 WikiCup. There are currently 32 remaining in the competition, but only 16 will progress to our penultimate round. Casliber (submissions), of pool D, is our overall leader with nearly 200 points, while pools A, B and C are led by Racepacket (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Canada Hky (submissions) respectively. The score required to reach the next round is 35, though this will no doubt go up significantly as the round progresses. We have a good number of high scorers, but also a considerable number who are yet to score. Please remember to submit content soon after it is promoted, so that the judges are able to review entries. Also, an important note concerning nominations at featured article candidates: if you are nominating content for which you intend to claim WikiCup points, please make this clear in the nomination statement so that the FAC director and his delegates are aware of the fact.

A running total of claims can be seen here. If you are concerned that your nomination will not receive the necessary reviews, and you hope to get it promoted before the end of the round, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image File:Creedence Cover The Classics.jpg

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Thanks for uploading File:Creedence Cover The Classics.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described in the criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. Skier Dude2 (talk) 03:57, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 June newsletter

We are half way through 2011, and entering the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; the semi-finals are upon us! Points scored in the interim (29/30 June) may be counted towards next round, but please do not update your submissions' pages until the next round has begun. 16 contestants remain, and all have shown dedication to the project to reach this far. Our round leader was Casliber (submissions) who, among other things, successfully passed three articles through featured article candidates and claimed an impressive 29 articles at Did You Know, scoring 555 points. Casliber led pool D. Pool A was led by Wizardman (submissions), claiming points for a featured article, a featured list and seven good article reviews, while pool C was led by Eisfbnore (submissions), who claimed for two good articles, ten articles at Did You Know and four good article reviews. They scored 154 and 118 respectively. Pool B was by far our most competitive pool; six of the eight competitors made it through to round 4, with all of them scoring over 100 points. The pool was led by Hurricanehink (submissions), who claimed for, among other things, three featured articles and five good articles. In addition to the four pool leaders, 12 others (the four second places, and the 8 next highest overall) make up our final 16. The lowest scorer who reached round 4 scored 76 points; a significant increase on the 41 needed to reach round 3. Eight of our semi-finalists scored at least twice as much as this.

No points were awarded this round for featured pictures, good topics or In the News, and no points have been awarded in the whole competition for featured topics, featured portals or featured sounds. Instead, the highest percentage of points has come from good articles. Featured articles, despite their high point cost, are low in number, and so, overall, share a comparable number of points with Did You Know, which are high in number but low in cost. A comparatively small but still considerable number of points come from featured lists and good article reviews, rounding out this round's overall scores.

We would again like to thank Jarry1250 (submissions) and Stone (submissions) for invaluable background work, as well as all of those helping to provide reviews for the articles listed on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. Please do keep using it, and please do help by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup.

Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here, for those interested, though it appears that neither are completely accurate at this time. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 23:33, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Disambiguation Pages With Links Monthly Challenge Winner

		The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar
		The Super Disambiguator's Barnstar is awarded to the winners of the Disambiguation Pages With Links monthly challenge, who have gone above and beyond to remove ambiguous links. This award is presented to J04n, for successfully fixing 5413 links in the challenge of August, 2009. This user is also recognized for the months of May and June 2009. Quinxorin (talk) 08:47, 1 July 2011 (UTC)

Note: as per the discussion on the DAB talk page, this award is now given to 1st place DAB challenge winners, and is being given out retroactively to past ones.

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesse Liberty (2nd nomination)

Reflecting on the Jesse Liberty AfD, I don't think it should have closed, certainly not as keep. Neither of the Keep WP:!VOTEs is policy-based. One is little more than WP:ILIKEIT and the other is a WP:GOOGLEHITS argument. The only other comment is from the subject himself, who not surprisingly believes he is notable. I think this should have been relisted for more debate. May I ask your thoughts, please? Msnicki (talk) 00:34, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of Chucho's Steps

The article Chucho's Steps you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:Chucho's Steps for things which need to be addressed. AJona1992 (talk) 19:41, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of 75 (album)

The article 75 (album) you nominated as a good article has been placed on hold . The article is close to meeting the good article criteria, but there are some minor changes or clarifications needed to be addressed. If these are fixed within seven days, the article will pass, otherwise it will fail. See Talk:75 (album) for things which need to be addressed. AJona1992 (talk) 20:08, 9 July 2011 (UTC)

How is the review going? --Another Believer _(Talk) 21:16, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Waiting for you to fix the problems before I can pass the article. You only have four more days left. AJona1992 (talk) 21:19, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Engineering psychology

Are you available to discuss this close? - Aaron Brenneman (talk) 08:32, 15 July 2011 (UTC)

Humble request...

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Ambassador Program: assessment drive

Even though it's been quiet on-wiki, the Wikipedia Ambassador Program has been busy over the last few months getting ready for the next term. We're heading toward over 80 classes in the US, across all disciplines. You'll see courses start popping up here, and this time we want to match one or more Online Ambassadors to each class based on interest or expertise in the subject matter. If you see a class that you're interested, please contact the professor and/or me; the sooner the Ambassadors and professors get in communication, the better things go. Look for more in the coming weeks about next term.

In the meantime, with a little help I've identified all the articles students did significant work on in the last term. Many of the articles have never been assessed, or have ratings that are out of date from before the students improved them. Please help assess them! Pick a class, or just a few articles, and give them a rating (and add a relevant WikiProject banner if there isn't one), and then update the list of articles.

Once we have updated assessments for all these articles, we can get a better idea of how quality varied from course to course, and which approaches to running Wikipedia assignments and managing courses are most effective.

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 17:25, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

We are half way through the penultimate round of this year's WikiCup; there is less than a month to go before we have our final 8. Our pool leaders are Adabow (submissions) (Pool A, 189 points) and PresN (submissions) (Pool B, 165 points). The number of points required to reach the next round is not clear at this time; there are some users who still do not have any recorded points. Please remember to update your submissions' pages promptly. In addition, congratulations to PresN, who scored the first featured topic points in the competition for his work on Thatgamecompany related articles. Most points this round generally have, so far, come from good articles, with only one featured article (White-bellied Sea Eagle, from Casliber (submissions)) and two featured lists (Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, from PresN and Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album, from Another Believer (submissions)). Points for Did You Know and good article reviews round out the scoring. No points have been awarded for In the News, good topics or featured pictures this round, and no points for featured sounds or portals have been awarded in the entire competition. On an unrelated note, preparation will be beginning soon for next year's WikiCup- watch this space!

There is little else to be said beyond the usual. Please list anything you need reviewing on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews, so others following the WikiCup can help, and please do help if you can by providing reviews for the articles listed there. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews generally at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup- points are, of course, offered for reviews at GAC. Two final notes: Firstly, please remember to state your participation in the WikiCup when nominating articles at FAC. Finally, some WikiCup-related statistics can be seen here and here. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 11:34, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

75 + Chucho's Steps

Are you planning on re-submitting these articles for GA status once improvements have been made? Both received GA reviews. --Another Believer _(Talk) 20:02, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

Hi, several factors have made my participation in contributing to Wikipedia nearly impossible beyond an hour or so a week (if that much). If your asking because you want to work on building the articles to a point where they would pass, feel free they're not mine, and we need more jazz albums of GA quality. Take care, I hope to join you again in creating high quality music pages. J04n(talk page) 23:55, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

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Beryl Chang

Semi-protected the article, gave a few of the IPs a one week holiday from Wikipedia. Dougweller (talk) 20:32, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

And if Musesbc ever wants to edit again he'll have to convince another Administrator, I've blocked him indefintely. Dougweller (talk) 06:31, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

Mark Schatz

Hi, John,

I noticed you made an edit to Mark Schatz's page. I'm trying to track Mark down. We went to summer camp together in the 1970s at Camp Kirkland in S. Yarmouth, MA. We're having a camp reunion (virtual on Facebook & live in Mass.), and would love to contact Mark. Do you have any contact info. for him or any idea how to contact him?

Many thanks,

Jonathan Rotenberg email: jonathan@rotenberg.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.60.66.28 (talk) 21:40, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, don't know the ma. J04n(talk page) 22:26, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Online Ambassadors: Time to join pods

Hello! If you're planning to be an active Online Ambassador for the upcoming academic term, now is the time to join one or more pods. (A pod consists of the instructor, the Campus Ambassadors, and the Online Ambassadors for single class.) The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) explains the expectations for being part of a pod as an Online Ambassador. (The MOU for pods in Canada is essentially the same.) In short, the role of Online Ambassadors this term consists of:

Working closely with the instructor and Campus Ambassadors, providing advice and perspective as an experienced Wikipedian
Helping students who ask for it (or helping them to find the help they need)
Watching out for the class as a whole
Helping students to get community feedback on their work

This replaces the 1-on-1 mentoring role for Online Ambassadors that we had in previous terms; rather than being responsible for individual students (some of whom don't want or help or are unresponsive), Online Ambassadors will be there to help whichever students in their class(es) ask for help.

You can browse the upcoming courses here: United States; Canada. More are being added as new pods become active and create their course pages.

Once you've found a class that you want to work with—especially if you some interest or expertise in the topic area—you should sign the MOU listing for that class and get in touch with the instructor. We're hoping to have at least two Online Ambassadors per pod, and more for the larger classes.

If you're up for supporting any kind of class and would like me to assign you to a pod in need of more Online Ambassadors, just let me know.

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 16:32, 19 August 2011 (UTC)

PS: There are still a lot of student articles from the last term that haven't been rated. Please rate a few and update the list!

A brownie for you!

Hello J04n! I hope you enjoy this treat as a friendly greeting from a fellow Wikipedian, SwisterTwister talk 00:33, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! J04n(talk page) 02:45, 20 August 2011 (UTC)

Ricardo Francia

Hello, I'm looking for Ricardo Francia, my family friend from Tokyo, Japan who, I believe, you updated his page recently. If you know how to get in touch with him in Buenos Aires, please contact me. I'm here till September 02, then to Toronto, Canada where I live now.

Thanking you in advance,

Yayoi Ozawa emailyayoi@gmail.com

Sorry, don't know the man J04n(talk page)

75 (album)

I addressed most of the concerns raised during the GA nomination. Are you interested in re-nominating the article or shall I? Feel free to take a look at the article again. --Another Believer _(Talk) 23:57, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

You go for it, haven't been feeling motivated lately. I'll probably take a look here and there though. Good luck. J04n(talk page) 00:06, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

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WikiCup 2011 July newsletter

The finals are upon us; we're down to the last few. One of the eight remaining contestants will be this year's WikiCup champion! 150 was the score needed to progress to the final; just under double the 76 required to reach round 4, and more than triple the 41 required to reach round 3. Our eight finalists are:

Casliber (submissions), Pool A's winner. Casliber has the highest total score in the competition, with 1528, the bulk of which is made up of 8 featured articles. He has the highest number of total featured articles (8, 1 of which was eligible for double points) and total did you knows (72) of any finalist. Casliber writes mostly on biology, including ornithology, botany and mycology.
PresN (submissions), Pool B's winner and the highest scorer this round. PresN is the only finalist who has scored featured topic points, and he has gathered an impressive 330, but most of his points come from his 4 featured articles, one of which scored double. PresN writes mostly on video games and the Hugo Awards.
Hurricanehink (submissions), Pool A's runner-up. Hurricanehink's points are mostly from his 30 good articles, more than any other finalist, and he is also the only finalist to score good topic points. Hurricanehink, as his name suggests, writes mostly on meteorology.
Wizardman (submissions), Pool B's runner-up. Wizardman has completed 86 good article reviews, more than any other finalist, but most of his points come from his 2 featured articles. Wizardman writes mostly on American sport, especially baseball.
Miyagawa (submissions), the "fastest loser" (Pool A). Miyagawa has written 3 featured lists, one of which was awarded double points, more than any other finalist, but he was awarded points mostly for his 68 did you knows. Miyagawa writes on a variety of topics, including dogs, military history and sport.
Resolute (submissions), the second "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Resolute's points come from his 9 good articles. He writes mostly on Canadian topics, including ice hockey.
Yellow Evan (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool A). Most of Evan's points come from his 10 good articles, and he writes mostly on meteorology.
Sp33dyphil (submissions), who was joint third "fastest loser" (Pool B). Most of Phil's points come from his 9 good articles, 4 of which (more than any other finalist) were eligible for double points. He writes mostly on aeronautics.

We say goodbye to our seven other semi-finalists, Another Believer (submissions), Piotrus (submissions), Grandiose (submissions), Stone (submissions), Eisfbnore (submissions), Canada Hky (submissions) and MuZemike (submissions). Everyone still in the competition at this stage has done fantastically well, and contributed greatly to Wikipedia. We're on the home straight now, and we will know our winner in two months.

In other news, preparations for next year's competition have begun with a brainstorming thread. Please, feel free to drop by and share any thoughts you have about how the competition should work next year. Sign ups are not yet open, but will be opened in due course. Watch this space. Further, there has been a discussion about the rule whereby those in the WikiCup must delcare their participation when nominating articles at featured article candidates. This has resulted in a bot being created by new featured article delegate Ucucha (talk · contribs). The bot will leave a message on FAC pages if the nominator is a participant in the WikiCup.

A reminder of the rules: any points scored after August 29 may be claimed for the final round, and please remember to update submission pages promptly. If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 00:03, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for the cover art you added to Cherry Hill Park. Housewatcher (talk) 02:16, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

You are more than welcome, thank you! J04n(talk page) 02:28, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thank you very much for your recognition and the barnstar, have a great day!--L1A1 FAL (talk) 20:09, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

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ready to join a pod?

Pod suggestion

Hi J04n! I'm in the process of trying to find Online Ambassadors to support each of the classes for this coming term, and I want to recommend one to you: Wikipedia:United States Education Program/Courses/Composition II (Dayna Goldstein). If you're up for it, please check out the Memorandum of Understanding (linked above) which sketches the expectations for Online Ambassadors this term, and then you can sign on to class and get in touch with the professor.

If there's another class you'd rather support (or if you're up for joining more than one pod), feel free! We're shooting for at least about 2 Online Ambassadors for each class.--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 15:52, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

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Cover for How the West Was Won (Bing Crosby album)

Are you certain File:How the West Was Won (Bing Crosby album).jpeg is the cover of How the West Was Won (Bing Crosby album)? If you look on the cover itself you see a long list of contributors which do not appear on the article. Furthermore, the cover appears here, and as you can see the track list is completely different. I'm pretty certain it's a cover of an album which came after How the West Was Won (film) in 1962, where How the West Was Won (Bing Crosby album) is a 1959 album.--Muhandes (talk) 15:44, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

It could certainly be wrong. I saw Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney and went with it. Looking at the year from your link certainly makes it look wrong, I'll see if I can find the right one. J04n(talk page) 17:18, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

I removed it for now. You certainly are doing a good job finding covers. Especially the tags I've put, these are ones I already could not easily locate. --Muhandes (talk) 13:51, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

Not a problem, good catch. J04n(talk page) 14:27, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

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Interview with Wikimedia Foundation

Hi j04n, I hope you're well. My name is Aaron and I'm one of the Storytellers working on the 2011 fundraiser for the Wikimedia Foundation. For this year's campaign, we're interviewing as many of the very active and productive Wikipedians as we can to broaden the range of appeals we run come November. I wonder if you would want to tell me more about your experiences editing and writing here? If so, I'll ask you your personal story and I'll ask you some general questions about Wikipedia. Please let me know if you're interesting by emailing amuszalskiwikimedia.org. Thanks! user:Aaron (WMF)

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Photo

Thank you for adding the album photograph for Blue Moon (The Marcels album). Could you do the same for Shelley! (album)? Caden ^cool 21:45, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Update on courses and ambassador needs

Hello, Ambassadors!

I wanted to give you one last update on where we are this term, before my role as Online Facilitator wraps up at the end of this week. Already, there are over 800 students in U.S. classes who have signed up on course pages this term. About 40 classes are active, and we're expecting that many more again once all the classes are up and running.

On a personal note, it's been a huge honor to work with so many great Wikipedians over the last 15 months. Thanks so much to everyone who jumped in and decided to give the ambassador concept a try, and double thanks those of you who were involved early on. Your ideas and insights and enthusiasm have been the foundation of the program, and they will be the keys the future of the program.

Courses looking for Online Ambassadors

Still waiting to get involved with a class this term, or ready to take on more? We have seven classes that are already active and need OA support, and eleven more that have course pages started but don't have active students yet. Please consider joining one or more of these pods!

Active courses that really need Online Ambassadors:

Courses that may be active soon that need Online Ambassadors:

--Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 23:12, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

woohoo!

		The Empty Set Barnstar
		Thank you for your efforts in sourcing unreferenced BLPs! joe decker ^{talk to me} 17:01, 28 September 2011 (UTC)	{ }

Joe, thank you, your dedication to this project has been phenominal. J04n(talk page) 17:11, 28 September 2011 (UTC)

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Greetings

Hi, hope all is well with you and yours. I've finally been shamed into creating User:WereSpielChequers/Recall (Pedro named me in his, so I realised I really ought to have one myself). Would you be willing to be on the list? If so just edit it and move your name out of the hidden bit. Ϣere SpielChequers 20:31, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

I am well, and I hope you are the same. Seems to me our paths haven't crossed in a while. I've added my name to your list. J04n(talk page) 02:35, 30 September 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 September newsletter

We are on this year's home straight, with less than a month to go until the winner of the 2011 WikiCup will be decided. The fight for first place is currently being contested by Miyagawa (submissions), Hurricanehink (submissions) and Sp33dyphil (submissions), all of whom have over 200 points. This round has already seen multiple featured articles (1991 Atlantic hurricane season from Hurricanehink and Northrop YF-23 from Sp33dyphil) and a double-scoring featured list (Miyagawa's 1948 Summer Olympics medal table). The scores will likely increase far further before the end of the round on October 31 as everyone ups their pace. There is not much more to say- thoughts about next year's competition are welcome on the WikiCup talk page or the scoring talk page, and signups will open once a few things have been sorted out.

If you are concerned that your nomination, be it at good article candidates, a featured process or anywhere else, will not receive the necessary reviews, please list it on Wikipedia:WikiCup/Reviews. However, please remember to continue to offer reviews at GAC, FAC and all the other pages that require them to prevent any backlogs which could otherwise be caused by the Cup. As ever, questions are welcome on Wikipedia talk:WikiCup and the judges are reachable on their talk pages, or by email. Good luck! If you wish to start receiving or stop receiving this newsletter, please feel free to add or remove yourself from Wikipedia:WikiCup/Newsletter/Send. J Milburn and The ed17 12:39, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Thanks for Thorogood album cover images

Thanks for adding the Thorogood album cover images! Didn't know it was acceptable to copy them from Amazon. Next time I'll try doing this myself. GoingBatty (talk) 20:22, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Shelley Fabares

Hi. Could you please add a picture for The Things We Did Last Summer (album) by Shelley Fabares? Thank you. Caden ^cool 14:32, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for the help! Caden ^cool 16:30, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

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GA review for 75 (album)

Hi, I have reviewed your GA nomination of 75 (album), and placed it on hold. Review is at Talk:75 (album)/GA2. --Beloved Freak 19:47, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

WikiCup 2011 October newsletter

The 2011 WikiCup is now over, and our new champion is Hurricanehink (submissions), who joins the exclusive club of the previous winners: Dreamafter (2007), jj137 (2008), Durova (2009) and Sturmvogel_66 (2010). The final standings were as follows:

Prizes for first, second, third and fourth will be awarded, as will prizes for all those who reached the final eight. Every participant who scored in the competition will receive a ribbon of participation. In addition to the prizes based on placement, the following special prizes will be awarded based on high performance in particular areas of content creation. So that the finalists do not have an undue advantage, the prize is awarded to the competitor who scored the highest in any particular field in a single round.

The Featured Article Award: Casliber (submissions), for his performance in round 2. Hurricanehink (submissions) matched the score, but Casliber won the tiebreaker.
The Good Article Award: Yellow Evan (submissions), for his performance in round 4.
The Featured List Award: Miyagawa (submissions), for his performance in round 4. PresN (submissions) matched the score, but Miyagawa won the tiebreaker.
The Recognised Topic Award (for good and featured topics): PresN (submissions), for his performance in round 3.
The Did You Know Award: The Bushranger (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
The In the News Award: Candlewicke (submissions), for his performance in round 1.
The Reviewer Award (for good article reviews): Wizardman (submissions), for his performance in round 3.

No prize was awarded for featured pictures, sounds or portals, as none were claimed throughout the competition. The awards will be handed out over the next few days. Congratulations to all our participants, and especially our winners; we've all had fun, and Wikipedia has benefitted massively from our content work.

Preparation for next year's WikiCup is ongoing. Interested parties are invited to sign up and participate in our straw polls. It's been a pleasure to work with you all this year, and, whoever's taking part in and running the competition in 2012, we hope to see you all in January! J Milburn and The ed17 00:41, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

2011 WikiCup participation

It was good to have you on board this time around- we hope you enjoyed the competition! In case you are interested, signups for next year are open. Thanks, J Milburn and The ed17 20:55, 2 November 2011 (UTC)

Jesse Dirkhising

The image of Jesse Dirkhising was deleted from the article Murder of Jesse Dirkhising without any explanation. Could you re-add the image? Caden ^cool 19:04, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Feedback Dashboard task force

Hi J04n,

Since you were a part of the WikiGuides project, I thought I'd give you a heads-up about a new way you can help/mentor newbies on en.wiki: we've recently released a feature called the Feedback Dashboard, a queue that updates in real time with feedback and editing questions from new registered contributors who have attempted to make at least one edit. Steven Walling and I are putting together a task force for experienced Wikipedians who might be interested in monitoring the queue and responding to the feedback: details are here at Wikipedia:Feedback Dashboard. Please sign up if you're interested in helping out! Thanks, Maryana (WMF) (talk) 22:03, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

November 2011

Walter Görlitz has given you a cookie! Cookies promote WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. You can spread the WikiLove by giving someone else a cookie, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend.

Thanks for working on reviews. Could add | noprose = yes when there's no reception section already present in the article? It would help even more.

To spread the goodness of cookies, you can add {{subst:Cookie}} to someone's talk page with a friendly message, or eat this cookie on the giver's talk page with {{subst:munch}}!

Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:44, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Doesn't seem like you're willing to add noprose. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:25, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

Hi, and thanks for the cookies, sorry for not replying sooner. To be frank I don't find the message at the end of rating box to be useful and it takes away from the look of the page. The vast majority of the articles that I've moved the reviews on are micro-stubs that little-to-no effort has been spent on and adding a message to expand on them isn't going to help. This is only my opinion and if others add it I don't bother to remove it, I just don't intend on adding it. Hope this doesn't sound harsh, it's not intended to. Cheers, J04n(talk page) 23:36, 12 November 2011 (UTC)

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Françoise in Germany

Hello JO4n. You could put the picture of the sleeve corresponding to the record Françoise in Germany. You will find her on this link: http://cgi.ebay.fr/LP-Francoise-Hardy-Francoise-In-Germany-1965-/390306998086?pt=B%C3%BCcher_Unterhaltung_Music_CDs&hash=item5ae01c2746 You will just have to extract with Tool screen shot to remove the superfluous edges. By hoping that you will agree with my proposition, I wish you a good continuation. Alain S. - Paris – France 82.226.28.41 (talk) 06:55, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

All set, thanks for finding the image. J04n(talk page) 22:13, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

Bravo for your speed! Very cordially. Alain S. 82.226.28.41 (talk) 10:27, 17 November 2011 (UTC)

USEP discussion

You may be interested in a discussion about the future and the growth of the US education program along with the future of the Wikipedia Ambassador Project here. Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 04:06, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Graphic Designer's Barnstar
	Thank you for all of your contributions! LongLiveMusic (talk) 06:43, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Thank you very much! J04n(talk page) 11:27, 20 November 2011 (UTC)

Er, what does this do, exactly?

	I AM making my own, that's the point!
	Cheers J04nny. Halcyonhalogen (talk) 07:25, 30 November 2011 (UTC)

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